Keynote Speaker, chairman and board member of ACWA Power’s companies in Jordan, and Oman.
Dr. Samman is currently ACWA Power Country Manager for both Jordan and Iraq and during the year 2022, he was also acting Country Manager for Oman; in such capacities he is the chairman and board member of ACWA Power’s companies in Jordan, and Oman. In addition to the above, Dr. Samman is also a board member of the Aqaba
Development Corporation (ADC), a board member for the Pioneer Company (CAVET) and a board of trustees at Al Hussein Technical University (HTU) (Initiatives of the Crown Price Foundation).
With over 30 years of operational experience in the management of small, medium, large and mega business operations, Dr. Moayad has been a Chairman and Board Member in over 50 local and international professional business association and companies including Global Investment companies in the fields of heavy industries, Power and Water, real estate development, hospitality, education, banking, agriculture and trading. Alongside these
memberships, Dr. Samman actively participated in many board committees including Governance, Renumeration, Investment, Internal Audit and Compliance. He has previous professional experiences in both public and private sectors organizations covering a diverse array of fields from general managements, business development, communications, finance, business process re-engineering to engineering research with special interests in investments.
Dr. Moayad received his PHD and MSC in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering from Loughborough University and obtained his graduate and undergraduate studies with First Honors in Civil Engineering and Industrial Engineering from the University of Jordan. Dr. Moayad had been awarded the British Chevening Scholarship by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and has been selected by the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Inc for the year 2005 to represent Jordan, Dr. Samman was also elected in 2017 as the President for the Jordan Wrestling Federation. Dr. Moayad has also been appointed as senior examiner for many Business Excellence Awards including the King Abdullah Award for both the public sector and the private sector.